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With blinding speed and violence he brings destruction on the strong, breaking all defenses.

10 How you hate honest judges! How you despise people who tell the truth! 11 You trample the poor and steal their smallest crumb by all your taxes, fines, and usury; therefore, you will never live in the beautiful stone houses you are building, nor drink the wine from the lush vineyards you are planting.

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With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold
    and brings the fortified city to ruin.(A)

10 There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court(B)
    and detest the one who tells the truth.(C)

11 You levy a straw tax on the poor(D)
    and impose a tax on their grain.
Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,(E)
    you will not live in them;(F)
though you have planted lush vineyards,
    you will not drink their wine.(G)

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